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a. PAD wants to get rid of corruptions. Thaksin, the billionaire civilian dictator, has left Thailand with extensive high level of corruptions and proxy politicians. Having cheated the country while in power, Thaksin hid his corrupt billion of dollars worth of assets overseas. When ousted, Thaksin is subjected to numerous convictions but cowardly fled jail overseas and pull strings on politicians to sabotage his homeland.

b. PAD protects the Monarchy. Thaksin wants to launder himself through amending the laws with his proxy politicians, while trying to abolish the Monoarchy and make himself a President, that is to cause turmoils and change Thailand from being a "Kingdom" to a "Republic" in stead.

c. As a permanent cure for Thailand, PAD wants to get real democracy for Thailand. At present it is a fake democracy with bad on-sale politicians.

d. To achieve all above a, b, c we have to get rid of Thaksin and his proxy politicians and punish them according to the laws.

PAD's rally is organized wholy on people's donations to run its peaceful and unarmed activities against the weathy billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, the fugitive international terrorist.

From May 25, to December 3, 2008 PAD were holding 24-hour continuous 193-day camp-out protest with live-televised broadcast through a satellite and cable TV networks for the whole country against the twisted Thaksin's army of media and his puppet politicians.

If you agree with our fight against the tyrant Thaksin, please email this address www.antithaksin.com to your friends, your news reporters or your schools.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States said Monday it condemned the "unacceptable violence" by anti-government protesters in Thailand.

"We're watching the situation in Thailand very closely and condemn... this unacceptable violence by the protesters," State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters.

He said the United States urged the "protesters and their leaders to forswear additional... use of violence, to exercise their right to assembly, but... to do so ... peacefully."

Statement by CRES regarding alleged shooting by the Royal Thai Army

Today (14 April) at 21:20 hrs, Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Spokesman of the Royal Thai Army, and physicians who treated Mr. Sawai Tong-on, gave a televised statement at the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) refusing allegations that soldiers had shot and killed Mr.Sawai, a demonstrator as follows:

Col.Sansern stated that the Government had substantially managed to disperse the demonstrators, with around 500 still remaining in the Sanam Luang (Royal Plaza) area. He stated that there have been attempts to twist the facts and spread false information that the army is using weapons to shoot at the people. Photographs have been forwarded by email supposedly as proofs of the army’s transgressions and to incite hatred.

Col.Sansern clarified that there are two ways in which the army would use their weapons in the circumstances. The first is by shooting live rounds into the air as a warning. The second is by shooting practice blanks, which are loud but harmless. The measures taken by the army were witnessed by the foreign media. As for the allegation that army personnel had shot at Mr. Sawai Tong-on with an M-16 rifle, Col.Sansern introduced the two physicians and invited them to brief the public on the medical details.

Dr.Theerachai from Rachavithi Hospital, showing photographs, described Mr.Sawai’s injuries as a gunshot wound with the bullet entering the left armpit, cutting through blood vessels and leaving a 3.5-centimeter exit wound. When the patient reached the hospital, he was bleeding profusely and his pulse could not be found. Doctors proceeded to use a defibrillator to revive his heart and gave him blood transfusions. During the operation, doctors used artificial blood vessels to reconnect the torn ones. After the operation, Mr.Sawai’s pulse was measured and found to be normal. He was transferred to the ICU and his blood vessels were reconnected with his own in a second operation. Mr.Sawai is now conscious.

Col.Dr.Dusadee, an expert on bullet wounds from Phramongkut Hospital, described and showed with photographs the effects of being shot with M-16 rifle. As an M-16 bullet would be travelling with great force, it would normally break the bone into tiny pieces or tear it out, leaving an exit wound the size of a cup. Col.Dr.Dusadee said that judging from the relatively small exit wound on Mr.Sawai’s body, the bullet that caused the injury was not from an M-16 rifle which is the standard-issue weapon for infantrymen.

Col.Dr.Dusadee also showed pictures of two other injury victims, one shot by a handgun and the other by a 9mm weapon, which were not used by the army.

Col.Sansern stated that four soldiers had been shot and injured by demonstrators, and stressed that the public should avoid areas where demonstrations were still ongoing.